Northern for Luxury Luxury Itineraries

Northern Ireland has been called an espresso of destinations – small but memorable! From the City of to the epic Causeway Coastal Route, not to mention 26 Game of Thrones filming locations, combined with luxury accommodation options, this is a destination that stands out. Luxury Itinerary Day 1

Start the day at the Museum Belfast, in the leafy Travel back to the past at Ulster Folk and Transport university quarter, home to artefacts and the stories Museum., home to Ballycultra Village, where life of Northern Ireland. Meet one of the curators of the has not moved on since the 1900s! Get dressed in Museum and find out more about the Spanish Armada, period costume and try a range of activities such as who met an untimely end along the Causeway Coast blacksmithing, traditional bread making, needlework back in 1588. Handle the Spanish Armada gold, retrieved and even go back to school ( complete with a very strict from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and take part in a teacher!) Finish off with a ceilidh, learning the steps to gold-working session. A real opportunity to get up close an Irish jig and enjoying some refreshments. and personal with these invaluable pieces of history. www.nmni.com Other ideas – • Visit the Fine Gallery and have the chance to see a Over 60% of Irish whiskey was distilled in Belfast at one painting being conserved and hear about this process from the conservator. point pre prohibition times and Friend at Hand Whiskey Museum will expertly guide you through an enjoyable • For many local children, the Ulster Museum is tasting session as well as being able to view the “money synonymous with one thing – ! Spend can never ever ever buy” collection of the owner. the morning getting to grips with Natural Science, handling fossils and go on a fossil-hunting walk, all www.dukeofyorkbelfast.com/venues under the expert guidance of a Museum Curator. /the-friend-at-hand/ www.Nmni.com

*Note these experiences are subject to further discussion with Museum curators Northern Ireland is the ’s number one Foodie Destination, as crowned at the IFTM Awards at World Travel Market 2018. Our food is so good, and local John Long’s fish and chips are considered the best in ingredients, fantastic produce and super talented Belfast! Favoured by politicians, judges, comedians, chefs like Michelin star winning Stephen Toman at Ox actors, and people from every walk of life, Longs is restaurant, bring the best Northern Ireland ingredients a Belfast tradition. Spend lunch time here with the to the fore with inspired menus. inmitable John Long, the owner. What better way to end the day than a night cap at the www.johnlongs.com Crown Bar. A former Gin Palace from the 1800s, book a cosy snug, settle down beside the fire and ring the bell for service. No visit to Belfast would be complete without a visit to Titanic Belfast, the largest Titanic visitor attraction www.nationaltrust.org.uk/the-crown-bar in the world and winner of the World’s Leading Visitor Attraction in 2016, Located right on the slipways where Titanic was built over 100 years ago. Have afternoon tea in the sumptuous Titanic Suite beside a replica of the famous Titanic staircase. Note this is not open to the General public. Then discover the galleries accompanied by a local Titanic Historian. www.titanicbelfast.com

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Up early and all aboard shipmates for a one of a kind Evening will be spent in the sumptuous surroundings culinary tour, Catch and Sea! Head out to the wild of Ballywalter Park. Home to Lord and Lady Dunleath, Atlantic waters to catch your breakfast. With expert enjoy dinner and stay over at this Grade A* listed Irish guidance, you will fish and then fillet your catch before historic house and falconry and pigeon shooting in the bringing it back to dry land for a delicious breakfast! 270 acre estate. www.causewaycoastfoodietours.com/catch-and-sea www.ballywalterpark.com

Meet Mark from Dalriada Tours, who is a third generation Other ideas – tour guide from the shores of the Causeway Coastal Larchfield Estate –a stunningly owned house Route and discover the world famous Causeway dating back to the 1750s, Walk through the entrance Coastal Route and the epic Giant’s Causeway, our very and be awed by the vast hall, marble puillars, grand own UNESCO World Heritage Site. Created by mighty piano and roaring fire. Or head outside and connect with volcanoes and flaming oceans of lava millions of years nature. Explore the estate, spend the day fishing on ago? Or built by a fearsome Irish Giant, Finn McCool, as the lake, or learn to forage for beautiful natural produce an attempt to reach his rival in Scotland? You can decide grown on the estate, Later, your personal chef will whip as you climb over the 40,000 basalt columns. up a feast using the bounty you’ve collected during www.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway the day.

Northern Ireland is Westeros. Our landscapes have Blessingbourne Estate brought to life the seven kingdoms of Westeros and Get a taste of gentry life on a guided tour of there is a host of experiences for Thronies to enjoy. Blessingbourne House, a magnificient Elizabethan At Winterfell Tours visitors can don like those in the manor house and working 550 acre estate, home to show, try out exhilarating activities such as Archery, Axe Nicholas & Colleen Lowry and their family. Catch up with Throwing and Falconry and enjoy a personal tour around them and hear the fascinating story of Colonel Eclipse the 10 key filming locations. and learn what it’s really like to inherit a country estate! www.gameofthrones-winterfelltours.com

Hillsborough Castle is the official residence of Her For more information on Luxury Itineraries in Majesty the Queen in Northern Ireland. Enjoy an Northern Ireland please contact the team – exclusive tour of the Castle’s State Rooms with a curator, visiting the Throne Room and the State Drawing room [email protected] which have all been sensitively recreated. +44 2890 441641 www.hrp.org.uk

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